Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-16

arms and legs to offer for service,
with mind almost totally blank,
there is very little for him to do.
lie cannot enter upon any of the
new employmeLts which society is
constantly creating, and the result
is that when clear manual labor fails,
he fails also. This form of pauper.
ism has not yet largely affected our
country; but it certainly will, UNLESS
the laborers of this country shall be
educated up to the point at which
they shall be able to enter, at least,
as laborers upon all the new chan
rels Of employment.
The influence of the common
schools as a preventative of pauper-
ism is a point 1 wish to discuss in
this article. Society has made and
always will make, ample provision
for those who are naturally or &C.
cidently disabled. we have asylums
and hospitals for every species of
unavoidable inirmity; but that sort
of imbecility which arises from a
total want of knowledge, or discip-
line of mind has no asylum but the
almshouse.
1t is estimated that the proportion
of paupers among the illiterate is
sixteen times as great as among
those of common education. This
estimation demonstrates obviously
what any well balanced mird would
infer.
Although the effect of Ignorance
IN producing crime is very great, yet
its effect in producing pauperism is
greater. If, then, society has to pay
so heavily for keeping a part of its
people IN ignorance, would it not be
wise and prudent to use all the
means in It's power to educate them!
Pauperism and crime are so close
ly allied that often the same indi
vidual belongs to both fraternities
1t is estimated that five per cent OF
the inmates of country poor houses
have been inmates Of jails or pen.
itentiarics. This inference implies
that the same man is a criminal OF
pauper according to circumstances
He steals when he cannot beg, anG
begs when he cannot steal.
Cicero, the most famous of thC
ancient latin orators in an eloquen
and scholastic discourse for the poet
ArchiaS, exclaimed, "All arts ar,
kindred" You see in the assertion
above that vice, crime and pauper
ism are kindred also. Is not this al
impartial treatment of the subject
The cause of the common schoo
as a national issue is we'll worth tn,
attention and study Of our wisest an,
most influential citizens. Congress
should be more assiduouS respecting
its welfare, state legislatures Shout,
adopt tile systems for its supper
that would tend most to dignity it
unsu6Stitutive worth. As Twins
issue of national Importance, and
measure for both public and privat
safety the welfare of the common
school ought to receive the attention
and cordial support Of an intelligen
press. The tendency of the large
journals and magazines is towar,
this channel, but the fine network o
local publications through which tn
masses are best reached, have barrel
introduced the subject.
Why should not such an ilnpor
tant subject form anoble theme fo
the united American press. 1t is {
subject that has engaged the atten
ton and support of some of TIL,
greatest minds in this country, sucl
men as Webster, Beecher, Franklin
Greeley, etc have not been averse t
the crying necessity of good schools
The supremacy of nations ha
long been determined by their powe
to win in the shock of battle, but il
this episode Of human existence il
must be determined by morality ant
wisdom. The time of war is pas
and peace has come, and may it b
sincere and glorious peace, marret
not by ignorance, OR vice, but diffus
ing with its exuberant voice the
genial sentiments Of truth ant
right. May that voice ring will
clarion tones throughout the land
May it muster the subjects of on
nation under the glorious sta
spangled banner of justice, ant
spread on its commodious folds, a
they float proudly over land an
sea, the indispensable blazing lustr
of morality, justice, knowledge an
fraternal love!-Danville Star.